Texas Penal Code
§ 42.02 — RIOT
PE § 42.02Title 9. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY · Ch. 42. DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES
Statute text
View on source(a)For the purpose of this section, "riot" means the assemblage of seven or more persons resulting in conduct which:
(1)creates an immediate danger of damage to property or injury to persons;
(2)substantially obstructs law enforcement or other governmental functions or services; or
(3)by force, threat of force, or physical action deprives any person of a legal right or disturbs any person in the enjoyment of a legal right.
(b)A person commits an offense if he knowingly participates in a riot.
(c)It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the assembly was at first lawful and when one of those assembled manifested an intent to engage in conduct enumerated in Subsection (a), the actor retired from the assembly.
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Legislative history
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.